Letter or paper file



(NoMode1.)

O. L. PAGE.

LETTER OR'PAPER FILE.

No. 470,336. Patented Ma 8, 1892.

v INVENTOR ATTORNEY. I:

NrTnn -STATES CHARLES L. PAGE, or AKRON, KANSAS.

LETTER OR PAPER FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,336, dated March 8,1892.

' Application filed February 18, 1891- Serial No. 381,849- (No model.)

To ail whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. PAGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Letter or Paper. Files;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to paper-files or temporary holders for'currentbills, letters, or other papers which ordinarily accumulate in thetransaction of business.

The object of my invention, among other things, is to provide abill-holder in which the retaining device or locking-plate acts at thesame time as a perforator for the papers to be filed and to simplify theconstruction and facilitate the manipulation of the file.

For this purpose my invention consists, primarily, in a bill-file inwhich the lockingplate for retaining the papers acts in conjunction withthe impaling rod or rods to perforate the papers; and my inventionconsists in such further features, details, and combinations of parts aswill be more fully set forth in the following description, and coveredin the claims.

In the drawings accompanying this specification, Figure 1 represents theplan of a paperfile embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a verticallongitudinal section; Fig. 3, a vertical transverse section on line 000c, and Fig. 4 a detail View.

In the drawings, A represents the baseplate of the paper-file, andBafile-head, which is secured to the base Aby screws 1) or otherwise. Thehead B comprises the foot I), the back 6 and the ears The impaling-rodsO are secured to the foot I) at a suitable point, as shown. Theseimpaling-rods are tubular at their upper portion 0, as shown,for apurpose to be hereinafter explained,and are provided with the uppercircular cutting-edges c, produced by beveling the inner surface of thetubular portion 0, as best shown in Fig. 4.. This bevel is produced byreaming the tubular portion 0 from the inside, and the same may alwaysbe sharpened in the same manner.

D is the locking-plate, of metal or suitable material, which is pivotedat d to the ears 5*. This locking-plate consists of the forward portion01', having the dies or counter-cutters (Z arranged so as to registerwith and pass over and around the cutting-edges 0 when the locking-plateD is depressed, as shown in full lines in Figs. 2 and 3. Thesecounter-cutters d are preferably formed by reaming the plate D at theproper points, so as to produce the upwardly-made perforations shown,whose lower cutting-edges snugly fit around theimpaling-rods 0 when theplate D is depressed.

I provide means for retaining the lockingplate in its depressed position(shown in full lines in Fig. 2) and in its elevated position. (Shown indotted lines in the same figure.)

These means preferably consist in a spring E,

attached to the head B at e and to the locking-plate D, preferably by alink 6', located in a slot 6 in said plate and large enough to permitthe necessary play of the link. a, the link 6 being in turn connectedwith the plate D by the transverse pin or pivot 6 "The location of thispivot or pin 6 is such that it will pass the dead-center with the pivotcl when fully depressed or when fully elevated. For facility ofmanipulation I provide the plate D with the tails or arms (1 The head Bis preferably cast in one piece, and the impaling-pins Gare attachedthereto, preferably, by placing them in the flask in any well-knownmanner and casting the head around them. By this means afirm and com-.pact head is produced, and the rods 0 will be firmly held in position.

The mode of operation of my paper-file will be obvious from theforegoing.

WVhen it is desired to file a paper, thefile is opened by pressing downon the arms d until the pin c has passed the dead-center, when thespring E will hold the plate D open and elevated, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 2. The paper is then placed over the rods 0 and the plateDreleased by urging the arms d away from the head B until the dead-centeris overcome, when the spring E will carry the plate down and by theconjoint action of the cutting-edges e and the dies (1 perforate thepaper, slip it over the rods 0, and lock the file. The plate D thusserves the three purposes of perforating and iinpaling the papers andlocking them in the file. The openings above the dies (1' enable theclippings to be readily removed by blowing or otherwise.

By having the tubular portions 0 of the impaling-rods C beveledinteriorly I am enabled to make the perforations inthe papers to befiled in the exact diameter of the said rods. Whenever the cutting-edgesbecome dulled, they are easily sharpened by reaming the tubular portionsinteriorly.

When the paper-file is filled with papers, or when for any reason it isdesired to remove all the papers Withoutdisarranging them, thelocking-plate D is raised and the staple F is adjusted on the file byinserting its legs f in the tubular portionsc-of the impaling-rods O,and the papers are then slipped from the impaling-rods onto the stapleand may be permanently held in place on said staple when the same isreversed by turning down the projecting ends of its legs f onto thepapers.

WVhile I have shown what I consider the preferable form of carrying myinvention into effect, it is manifest that the same may be modified inmany ways without departing;

from my invention. I do not, therefore, de-

sire to be limited to the precise construction 2. In a paper-file, thecombination, with impaling-rods provided with upper cuttingedges, of alocking-plate provided with dies or counter-cutters registering withsaid cuttingedges, substantially as described.

3. In a paper-file, the combination of impaling-rods provided withcutting-edges, with a locking-plate provided with upwardly-flaringperforations having cutting-edges at their lower portions, said cuttingedges being adapted to register with and act in conjunction with thecutting-edges of the impalingrods, substantially as described.

4. In a paper-file, the combination, with an impaling rod or rods, of apivoted lockingplate engaging with the impaling-rods and means forretaining said locking-plate in its open and closed positions,substantially as described.

5. In a paper-file, the'combination of the following parts: a file-head,.a locking-plate pivoted thereto, and a springattached to the head andto the locking-plate, the parts being so arranged that the spring willretain the locking-plate both in its elevated and in its closedposition, substantially as described.

6. In a paper-file, a file-head comprising an 1 impaling rod .or rodsand a head proper cast in one piece and around the impa'ling-rods,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. PA GE. Witnesses:

J. 0. PAGE, E. P. YOUNG.

